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Crypviser has recently finished the token distribution process, allowing the CVCoin token to be traded on the OpenLedger Decentralized Exchange. Plans for centralized exchanges have also been revealed.

Crypviser, CVCoin and the ICO

Online privacy is one of the most pressing issues of today’s internet. Although access to privacy-oriented tools continues to improve over time, other applications that do not focus on privacy often present themselves as a more intuitive alternative. Blockchain technology has been on the fringe of financial privacy and now, thanks to the Crypviser project, it may play an important in communications privacy and its mainstream adoption.

Focusing on privacy and end-to-end message encryption, Crypviser is leveraging the advantages provided by the blockchain technology to create an all-in-one network for secure social and business communications. The platform’s native token, CVCoin, will be required in order to interact with the communications platform and for in-chat payments.

Following a successful Initial Coin Offering (ICO) period, he token distribution process has been completed with campaign participants receiving their CVCoins in the form of a Bitshares-based asset. A previous Facebook post made by the team explains why the BTS blockchain was chosen:

Crypviser chose the Bitshares platform powered by OpenLedger based on its key features, which match Crypvisers technical requirements and ideology. The Bitshares platform is one of the most powerful, secure and scalable blockchain networks available today.

The team has also released some ICO statistics that show just how popular privacy tools can be. The campaign gathered over $3.4 Million in several cryptocurrencies and distributed 5.5 Million CVCoin tokens to roughly 3000 unique investors. Since then, the Crypviser community has grown at an outstanding speed and currently counts with more than 8000 members in various multi-lingual sub communities.

Bitshares & Openledger

The Crypviser team believes that the future of exchanges and trade platforms in decentralized blockhchain world belongs the decentralized exchanges.

Although trading hasn’t been officially announced by the Crypviser team, trades are already taking place within the OpenLedger exchange. The team has warned that the prices seen on these “pre-markets” may not reflect the real market price of the CVCoin token, given their low volume and the lack of availability on traditional platforms.

What is next for Crypviser?

With the CVCoin token distributed to ICO participants, Crypviser moves on to the next stages of development, including getting the token listed on traditional exchanges. Although the CVCoin is available on the OpenLedger DEX, Crypviser announced a plan which involves starting with the bigger exchanges like Bittrex, Poloniex and Kraken, and moving on to smaller markets like C-CEX and others.

Crypviser will also commence the development of their own wallet which will provide token holders with an intuitive interface for token interaction. Along with the development of a new wallet, they will also launch an official website for the project and the CrypNews media channel, a platform that will feature the latest news in the world of Blockchain Tech & Cryptography.

Further down the line, the team will release an early Alfa version of the Crypvise App for social communication which will be available for to CVCoin ICO early bird participants.

Can Crypviser help shape the future of online privacy? Let us know what you think in the comment section.

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“We are extremely pleased to announce Charles Hoskinson and Steven Nerayoff as our senior advisors, which accelerates Lisk product growth by giving valuable input on the technology and startup methodology,” said Kordek. “Charles and Steven were two of the most prominent individuals responsible for the phenomenal success of Ethereum. There is no one else in the world like Charles who has the vision to build a successful cryptography project and Steven, who has an invaluable entrepreneur insight after founding six companies and being a venture capitalist. Steven knows exactly what a startup needs to become a success. With their advice, we are dedicated to creating a blockchain application juggernaut.”

Hoskinson founded Invictus Innovations and created BitShares which is the first cryptocurrency utilising Delegated Proof of Stake, a consensus algorithm also used by Lisk. He is a founder of Ethereum and served as its initial CEO from December, 2013, until June, 2014. Hoskinson’s major contributions to smart contract platform include designing the legal structure, crowdsale model, and building a global network of evangelists and developers which continues to this day. He worked on the original cryptographic design and is greatly responsible for what it is today. Hoskinson is currently the CEO of the Hong Kong based Input Output HK, which hosts one of the largest cryptocurrency research divisions in the world.

“Whether it be Bitshares, Ethereum or Cardano, I only work with projects that satisfy three criteria.” said Hoskinson. “First, they have to promote a cascading disruption in an industry. Second, the technology has to be interesting. Third, the team has to be honest and hardworking. Lisk satisfies all three of these criteria and I’m glad to be advising the team as they develop a vision and execute on a roadmap throughout the coming months and years.”

Steven Nerayoff, Esq. LL.M. is a prolific serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and attorney, having founded six companies and inventor on 20 patents. Nerayoff is currently the CEO and founder of Maple Ventures, a venture capital firm with a heavy focus on blockchain related technologies. He is also the Founder and CEO of Cloudparc, a patented next generation artificial intelligence company in the smart city and Internet of Things sectors. Previous companies founded by Nerayoff include iOffer (third largest marketplace on the Internet), Freedom Home Health Care (largest company in the sector) and Fleetwood Owed (world’s largest celebrity memorabilia company with partner Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac). Nerayoff advised and contributed to Ethereum from its earliest days, created the initial legal framework and co-drafted the crowdsale model which set the standard for all other crowdsales to follow.

“I saw the gargantuan potential in Ethereum very early, and I was pleased to be part of their meteoric rise,” said Nerayoff. “I see similar potential in a very different aspect of the blockchain’s potential with Lisk, and I look forward to working with this incredible team to fulfill the potential of consumer blockchain applications in much the same way Ethereum is now realizing the potential of financial blockchain and smart contract solutions.”

Being leaders in their respective fields Hoskinson and Nerayoff offer an invaluable pool of advice in technologic, strategic, and management decisions for the Lisk team. With their guidance Lisk is on the way to become the go-to platform for blockchain applications and provider of decentralized services.

About Lisk

Lisk, launched on May 24th and built on a federated, decentralized network with its own token of value, is rapidly evolving into a decentralized technology platform for app developers. It strives to become the de-facto standard for blockchain applications and services. Blockchain applications are standalone, decentralized, blockchain based apps developed in JavaScript. Blockchain services can be integrated into regular, centralized apps and provide decentralized technologies like immutable storage, a decentralized federation of hosting, oracle services, or computation of smart contracts.

Following one of the most successful public crowdsales in history, Lisk is establishing itself within the blockchain and app industry by building a strong, solution oriented team. Currently there is a number of open positions available at Lisk, take a look at the careers page and get in contact.

The Bitshares 2.0 platform OpenLedger has announced its latest partnership with Emercoin to create “new synergies” within the blockchain-based service space. The two companies want to provide an array of new concepts to the cryptocurrency and distributed ledger landscape believing each platform can better the technologies. Jason Cassidy, Chief Communications Officer at Emercoin, is thrilled about joining forces stating:

‘OpenLedger represents the future of not only digital currency trading but all digital assets. As blockchain technology blossoms there will be many more layers of innovation coming to the market and we feel the OpenLedger platform is a great example of this. Users will be able to interact with Emercoin (EMC) in many new, creative ways.’ — Jason Cassidy, Emercoin

Emercoin and OpenLedger collaborating means both services can offer new features and “bring the world a new type of trading experience.” New synergies include:

Create their own currency as a User Issued Asset (UIA)

Collateralise a new coin by creating a Market Pegged Asset (MPA). This allows a physical commodity (such as gold) to back the underlying value of the currency

Deploy their own real-time blockchain using OpenLedger

As well as adding each team’s innovations OpenLedger says they are looking into implementing Emercoin’s blockchain-based services within the Bitshares platform. Emercoin has recently made headlines for working with the Microsoft Azure BaaS project. The Danish registrar for OpenLedger, Ronny Boesing, CEO of CCEDK exchange says, “We are excited at the possibility of being able to integrate Emercoin’s suite of tools and services into the OpenLedger platform. — Emercoin representatives will be introduced to the BitShares Community in one of coming Beyond Bitcoin weekly hangouts on Mumble, offering the community and guests a close-up opportunity to evaluate and vote on what EMC services could be brought on board and in what fashion. Services like EMC SSL have solid potential to increase the security, stability and ease of use of the OpenLedger platform, for example.” The partnership will provide insight to both companies on the technologies they offer such as Market Pegged Assets (MPA), SmartCoins, and the creation of a permissioned blockchains. Ronny Boesing told the Bitcoinist over Skype:

“With today’s announcement of Emercoin joining OpenLedger I feel it is a great new day of innovation and a day where we might already have caught a glimpse of what Openledger will be looking like in the near future. I feel personally overwhelmed by the interest in many fresh and highly professional currencies showing interest to join the platform, and expect the world to see much more to come. Wouldn’t it just be great if we all met on OpenLedger exchanging not only crypto but also ideas for progress making it a win-win situation for all.” — Ronny Boesing, CEO of CCEDK

Boesing says for a limited time from February 8-18th all Emercoin users who sign up with OpenLedger will receive ten free Obits. Obits are the native currency of the OpenLedger network and the coin had “the first successful buyback took place on 2nd February with the result that some 49,800 OBITS were burned, equivalent to 13 BTC.” Both teams say they are excited to offer each other new ways to improve their already solidified networks and look forward to growing the partnership.

What do you think of the OpenLedger and Emercoin partnership? Let us know in the comments below.

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